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2026 Festival: Oct 18–25

Damian Barr

Scotland

DAMIAN BARR is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and journalist. His memoir Maggie & Me, won Stonewall Writer of the Year and Sunday Times Memoir of the Year. His debut novel, You Will Be Safe Here, was shortlisted for six major awards. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Brighton, England.

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